Janet worked as a planner for state and federal entities, including the Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission that guided the creation of Alaska’s National Interest Lands. She was Regional Director of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Special Assistant to the Regional Director of the National Park Service, and retired from NPS in 2000. Since then she has been a full-time volunteer with community service organizations, primarily in fields of therapeutic justice, reduction of criminal recidivism, cultural and historic preservation and community organization.